And within myself, I am still wondering, what could possibly lead a person back to gambling after successfully quitting initially? Know well the reason for initially quitting was addiction, does it make sense to go back to gambling and become even more addicted?
He probably got some work to do then that was giving him more money than he was getting from gambling and he made a choice between leaving gambling and facing his job. That was why he realized he was addicted. So I believe he lost his job and went to try his hands again on gambling. I made this deduction from his appearance as you narrated because if he still had the job he won't go back to gambling and he is now looking unkept and lean. This is the effect of having hope to build finance from gambling. If you are not gambling for the fun of it and you are not making profit when you gamble for the purpose of making money then you go down as someone who is frustrated.